Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section

A Compassionate Mission: Strengthening Palliative Care with Essential Medicines

In collaboration with the China National Narcotics Control Commission (NNCC), UNODC successfully launches family-based prevention programme, Family UNited, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Building Resilience Through Prevention Systems: Insights from the ISSUP Scientific Council’s Inaugural Webinar

Focus on harm reduction

Mainstreaming Prevention Systems Globally: The progress on the global implementation of the Children Amplified Prevention Services (CHAMPS) initiative

What we do

The UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section works with Member States to address the world drug problem through a balanced approach based on public health principles, scientific evidence, human rights and gender consideration, supporting:

Prevention of drug use and other risky behaviours
Treatment, health care, social protection and rehabilitation services for people who use drugs and people with drug use disorders; and,
Access to controlled drugs for medical purposes, particularly for the management of pain, while preventing diversion and non-medical use.